A new law prohibiting ”propaganda” for homosexuality was recently passed in St Petersburg’s local parliament. Similar laws have already been passed in Ryazan, Arkhangelsk and Kostroma, and there is a ongoing discussion about introducing propaganda laws on a federal level. Listen to Anastasia Smirnova and Alexandra Semenova about how the laws came about and how they affect the work for human rights, on Friday May 25.
In Russia, LGBT persons are being discriminated in daily life and in law. Together with the russian organisation Coming Out we are organising an annual Queer Culture Festival in St. Petersburg. The festival gives us an opportunity to mobilize and empower the LGBT community.
Civil Rights Defenders and RFSL invite you to a seminar on LGBT rights in Russia In 2010, LGBT organisations (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered) were denied registration. Organisations and activists have been assaulted, which the police ignores. At the same time, a Queer Culture Festival in St. Petersburg was a great success and the visibility [...]
In cooperation with the Russian LGBT Network we support LGBT groups and organisations all over Russia with capacity building, legal counselling and organisational development. Although Russia has taken some very important steps in the right direction, discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity is widely spread in the society.
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